Swedish law prohibits trained seals from balancing balls on their noses
In Athens, Greece, you can lose your drivers license for being “poorly dressed” or “unbathed”
Penalty for stealing a rabbit in 19th century England: 7 years in prison
It’s legal to duel in Paraguay as long as you are a registered blood donor
It’s against the law to slam your car door in Switzerland
Wearing a necktie in some parts of Iran can get you thrown in jail
Paris law forbids spinning tops on sidewalks, as well as staring at the mayor
In England it’s illegal to sue the queen, or to name your Daughter “Princess” without the queens permission
The law in Teruel, Spain, forbids taking hot baths on Sunday (cold baths are legal though)
In Reykjavik, Iceland, it’s illegal to keep a dog as a pet
In Equatorial Guinea, it’s illegal to name your child Monica
If you curse within earshot of a woman in Egypt, you forfeit 2 days pay
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I think this is in Switzerland: If you have a pet that is a social animal, you must own 2 of them, because keeping it solitary would be cruel. That's not terribly strange, but the strange part is the resulting market for guinea pigs, which are popular pets there. People buy two of them, and eventually one dies. So if you buy one more, you have to prove that you already own one and that you originally bought 2 of them. People then get stuck in a loop, constantly buying guinea pigs because it's very rare for 2 to die at once. Thus emerged the guinea pig rental market. You can rent a guinea pig when one of yours dies, so that way you have 2, and when the one you own dies, you return the rented one to the rental agency.